Family: The Family of God
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Intro- team of rivals
Intro- team of rivals
The Church is the family of God.
What is the church?
What is the church?
Why is it like family?
Why is it like family?
What is it’s mission?
What is it’s mission?
Why Does it Matter?
Why Does it Matter?
What is the church?
What is the church?
Acts
The New International Version (Chapter 2)
42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. 46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
Why is it like family?
Why is it like family?
Language, function, and shared values + Mission.
Language, function, and shared values + Mission.
Genesis
The New International Version (Chapter 12)
The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.
2 “I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing. i
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.”
Matthew
The New International Version (Chapter 12)
50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
The church should be a model of what a healthy family can and should be like.
The church should be a model of what a healthy family can and should be like.
What is the church’s mission?
What is the church’s mission?
Love people, share the Good News, embody the Kingdom, and make Disciples.
Love people, share the Good News, embody the Kingdom, and make Disciples.
Acts
The New International Version (Chapter 1)
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
The church should be a place of healing.
The church should be a place of healing.
The church is the vehicle in which Jesus told his following to share and embody the GOOD NEWS.
The church is the vehicle in which Jesus told his following to share and embody the GOOD NEWS.
John
The New International Version (Chapter 13)
34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
Loved people, love people.
Loved people, love people.
Why Does it Matter?
Why Does it Matter?
Luke 15
Practical
Practical
Come regularly
Find a place to use your gifts
Find a smaller circle
Give to help fuel the mission
invite others
Pray for the church often
hebrews
The New International Version (Chapter 10)
23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
